on “good” and “interesting” - by Lilian Caylee

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and the stories we’re told

I’ve been up to a lot of things lately, but more importantly, thinking about a lot of things lately—contrary to what the absolute lack of life this newsletter and my Twitter might suggest. As some of you have heard me preach before, one of my greatest epiphanies in life has been that there is no dependable correlation between doing interesting things and being an interesting person (the other is, “even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat,” which I’ve written about extensively). I vividly remember when I first realized this. At my first gig after graduation, I met a woman who…

on “good” and “interesting” - by Lilian Caylee

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